Improvement in percussion drop-toys



A. M. SMITH.

PERCUSSION DROP-TOYS.

Patented Dec.26, 1876.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONEY M. SMITH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PERCUSSION DROP-TOYS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,650, dated December26, 1876; application filed May 13, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONEY M. SMITH, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a Percussion Drop-Toy, ofwhich the following is a specification:

Various styles of toy pistols have been made, in which percussion-capsare exploded. These, however, are more or less costly, in consequence ofthe hammer and spring that are made use of. In some instances, a weight,sliding in a tube, has been used to explode a cap placed upon a separatenipple.

My invention relates to a toy to take the place oftorpedoes and smallcannon, used for amusement, and the same consists in a drop or weight,having a nipple at the lower end, and constructed so that when it isallowed to fall and strike the pavement or other hard substance thepercussion-cap placed upon such nipple will strike and be exploded,thereby producing a detonation that is pleasing to the juvenile car.

In the drawing, Figure l is a vertical section of the toy-drop, and Fig.2 is a plan of the same.

The drop a, has an eye, b, at the upper end, to which a string isattached, and at the other end is a nipple, d, 01' a size to receir'e apercussion-cap, c. The shape of the drop may vary, but I have shown thesame somewhat resembling a bell.

The toy can either be thrown against a wall or hard substance, orallowed to drop upon the pavement, and the percussion-cap will beexploded. The string serves as a guide, and insures proper movement ofthe toy, so as to strike the percussion-cap. A piece of wire or a stripof wood may take the place of string as a trail.

I claim as my invention The drop-toy, provided with a nipple at thelower part to receive a percussion-cap, and at the upper end an eye orother device for attaching a string or other trail, as set forth.

Signed by me this 10th day of May, A. D. 1876.

ANTHONEY M. SMITH.

- Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, CHAS. E. SMITH.

